Job summary
Do you have Trauma and Orthopaedic experience? Are you enthusiastic and motivated? Are you passionate about wound management? Are you interested in working in an outpatients setting?
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Fracture Clinic team - working across all areas of the department - Trauma, Hand Trauma, Virtual Fracture Clinic and Elective orthopaedic outpatient services. Working closely with clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Caring for patients with a wide range of injuries and conditions, performing complex wound management, casting, splinting etc. and giving appropriate health education.
Current working hours are 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, with a late finish allocated on a rotation basis.
For further information and to organise an informal visit please contact Liz Moore, Clinical Nurse manager, Fracture Clinic. Call 02476966345.
Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration will not be considered for this post.
Main duties of the job
Work across all areas of the department performing wound management, casting (as training allows), application of splints and braces, participating in the Virtual Fracture Clinic - explaining diagnosis and treatment plans with patients via telephone.
Take on the role of 'Floor Control' - coordinating daily tasks, dealing with patient queries, daily staff allocations, coordinating ambulance patients and capacity issues to ensure the safe and effective running of the clinics.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Accountable for own actions in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
- To provide high quality, patient focused service for trauma/orthopaedic patients, both within the department and throughout the hospital as required
- To keep updated with current practices within wound management, orthopaedic and traumatic conditions and treatments, including plastering, application of orthotics/splinting and can actively use research as appropriate. Maintain own mandatory training, personal and professional development
- Take on a specific, agreed link worker role within the department attending relevant meeting s and feeding back to the team.
- Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur
- Effectively communicate treatment plans to patients via the Virtual Fracture Clinic ensuring sound knowledge of trauma and orthopaedic injuries and conditions.
- Act as a skilled practitioner and role model: teaching, supervising and assessing students and junior staff
- Be responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated, giving appropriate treatment information and involving patients and relatives etc in the planning of care. Acting as patient advocate when necessary.
For further details please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
UHCW
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX